A Colorado School Asks: Why Walk In Someone Else's Shoes When You Can Make Your Own?
Colorado Shoe School students show off the final results of a one-day slide class. The school teaches people to make their own shoes using repurposed materials.
By Stacy Nick
Dan Huling and Annabel Reader aren’t your typical couple. For almost two decades Huling has been juggling chainsaws as part of the vaudeville troupe the Handsome Little Devils. Reader is a costume designer and part-time stilt walker.
They were looking for a way to slow down and stay closer to their Bellvue home. But Reader said they didn’t want to lose their artistic edge.
“We’re both creatives," she said. "We both need to make to feel sane.”
Then, on a trip back to her hometown in New Zealand, Reader learned about a shoe-making school. It seemed like a perfect fit.
